余風采堂聖誕聯歡會

風采聖誕聯歡會、 響起樂聲多嘹亮、

定於十九日召開、 婦女歌詠隊演唱、

風采禮堂燈結彩、 聖誕歌聲心歡暢、

余氏宗親笑臉來。 響亮掌聲眾讚賞。

紅色對聯两邊掛、 會堂擺着長棹子、

中間擺着鮮艷花、 菓子佳餚挺豐富、

主席上台來講話、 共享午餐樂滋滋、

熱烈鼓掌歡迎他。 服務周到謝理事。

温哥華風采堂耆英一日遊

2004年8月15日，温哥華余風采堂耆英舉行立堂以來首次威士拿一日遊。是日早上約8時半，大家已集合在温哥華唐人街 余風采堂門前等侯，時間未到９時， 旅遊巴士已按時抵達，在總堂顧問鍚儒夫婦，總堂主席根洙夫婦，分堂主席美湛及多位理事帶領下，各男女耆英宗親，風采校 友，及親朋戚友等一行48人，順序登 車，９時正，司機立即開車，沿市中心過獅門橋向北温哥華方向進發。晨早空氣清新，沿途風光秀麗，景色宜人，大家都很興 奮。經過了一叚路程後，途中参觀一處 双龍瀑布，然後再前行，最後抵達目的地---威士拿滑雪勝地。大家下車分頭参觀，并各自吃了一些午餐，約至３時左右，開 車回程，沿途由美湛和金星二人介紹 風景，又舉行抽獎助興。下午６時返回華埠，并假百樂酒家叙餐聯歡，8時才盡興而散。我們旅居海外的亞公亞婆，平日子孫多 數返工上學，日常生活未免有些弧 寂，因此我們舉辦短程旅遊是有一定意義的，况且又可以亙相增加友誼，你說是嗎?

二零零四年 舍路 溫哥華青年營

美國西北岸的夏日，風和日麗；正是郊遊的好季節。美國舍路(西雅圖)分堂和加拿大溫哥華分堂把握住這個好時候，來一次青 年營；好讓青年的一群認識和交流。 余海量(舍路副主席)特地為此次活動選到一個有別具特色『蒙古包』的營地。這一來便吸引了六多個家庭(二十來人)參加。 美加各有三個家庭，平分春色。這個 年頭要年青人和家長一起活動，真是好不容易。這些年青人對今次活動的支持，亦可反影到他們對長輩的孝順，可算是值得稱 讚。

當日下午(七月三十一日)，各家庭分批到達後；就先來一個自我介紹的結集。除了讓年青人互相認識，亦把兩地情誼拉近多 了。謝湛叔(美國總堂顧問)更把早年 余風采堂的逸事細訴，我等獲益良多。這次活動食物的安排就真是感謝舍路會友的幫忙。不但安排周全；當晚的燒烤晚餐，就算 現在想起來都唾涎三尺。飯後到沙灘 散步；年青的嬉戲，男有男的高談闊論，女有女的話匣子，樂也融融!

大家圍著營火，就好像有說不完的話題、吃不盡的烤棉花糖；又不知添了多少卡路里?!始終到了回營休息的時候，年青的；男 的一個營，女的一個營。營內的瑣瑣 細語又不知到那更天才讓星月耳根清淨。

雖是七月天時，西北區晨早的寒意還是令人斗藪。一杯熱咖啡先把精神一振，然後再來一份熱騰騰豐富的早餐;人又再變得生龍 活虎。這裡得再向舍路會友的細心安 排致謝。今年的青年營就在這個『意尤未盡』的心情下結束了。

這樣精采的活動又怎可能不再『番尋味』呢？所以兩堂會的主席已決定二零零五年的青年營會在八月十三日舉行，希望能夠容納 更多的會友參加(約四十人)。詳情 請看邀請函。

2004 Events in Vancouver

Christmas Lunch on December 19

We had a wonderful lunch on Sunday December 19. We were entertained by our Women Singers, a group of seniors who had started singing together this year. After a delicious buffet lunch, we held a draw for prizes. Everyone had a good time. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped organize it, and to our Women Singers.

Vancouver Seniors' Trip to Whistler

At 9:00 on a sunny Sunday morning in mid August, 48 of us boarded the Greyhound bus that would take us from the Yee Fung Toy Tong in Chinatown on the Sea to Sky Highway to Whistler, the site of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, for a one day outing (see Map of Vancouver to Whistler Route). Most of us were seniors including some members of the Fung Toy Alumni Association. We drove by Horseshoe Bay, Britannia Beach, Stawamus Chief Provincial Park, and Squamish. We stopped at Shannon Falls to view the impressive falls and hear the roar of tons of glacial water tearing down the side of the steep mountain. We arrived at Whistler Village just before noon and spent the next three hours exploring the place under the hot sun.

We left Whistler just before 4:00 PM, stopped to marvel at a glacier, and arrived back to Chinatown in time for dinner at the Park Lok Restaurant. Everyone enjoyed their day trip. Thanks to the Seniors Committee (led by Mr. and Mrs. Shui Chi Yu 瑞芝) and the Yee Fung Toy Board Secretary Mr. Wing Yee 榮燊 for organizing this event.

Reflections on the Seattle-Vancouver Youth Camp

Six families bracketing three generations met for a weekend of camping at the Yurt Camp. Did we have a good time? Were our expectations met? The short answers are yes and yes. Catch me in a reflective mood, though, and I will share these thoughts with you.

Life spans have been compared to many things. Camping in the middle of Summer brings to mind that a life stretches over the four seasons of the year: the Spring of birth and youth, the Summer of full adulthood, the Autumn of middle age, and the Winter of old age and decline. Fred in Seattle and I in Vancouver can be characterized as Autumn Parents with children who are middle to late Spring Youths. We have accumulated life experiences that are worth passing on to the next generation, and still enough energy to want to make the effort. I anticipate by the next phase, Winter Parents and Summer Youths, the opportunity would have disappeared.

We do, for many reasons. The simplest is that the world can never have too many structures that foster community. We can never have too many reminders that we are all related to one another on this planet. This is not to minimize the difficulties of maintaining and strengthening a century-old organization. We realize we have to reinterpret the organization to the next generation. If we do not succeed in reinventing the organization within our generation, it will be that much more difficult for the next. Our generation is the last one that still has some memory of the original Chinese traditions, some vestiges of Chinese linguistic skills to appreciate the values offered by the older generation. Yet hopefully our generation has also seen a glimpse of the high tech world of the 21st century and can communicate in the new media with the new generation. We are the best hope for bridging the generation gap, and pass the baton of Yee Family values to the future.

These thoughts, in some form or other, drive all youth programs throughout the organization. Fred and I wanted to join up forces and hold an annual summer camp where we can have fun, bring the generations together, and create opportunities for dialogue and community.

We have learned a lot from our first camp, and we will use our experience to improve on the second one next year.